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  • RUNNING DRY: Dam levels plummet as drought persists

    COLAC and district’s water storages are at 31-per-cent capacity, less than at the same time of year during the region’s 2007-2008 declared drought.

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  • ROAD TO SOMEWHERE: Politicians take aim over ‘biased’ highway report

    CORANGAMITE MP Sarah Henderson has slammed a “city-centric” study which failed to consider the Princes Highway’s vital role in Australia’s agriculture and tourism industries.

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  • REBUILD BLOW: Extra building red tape could stall fire recovery

    A SEPARATION CREEK resident says the State Government’s new fire ratings for the coastal community are “worse than horrific” and could stop landowners rebuilding.

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  • JUSTICE CRUSADE: Police and court upgrades in the spotlight

    AN upgrade to Colac’s Police Station is still a high priority for the State Government a parliamentary secretary says.

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  • CHAMPIONSHIPS INCIDENT: Smoking fire truck causes stir

    IRREWARRA fire brigade caused a stir at the state’s annual rural firefighting championships when its truck caught on fire.

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  • ROAD TO A CURE: Colac cancer centre receives first patients

    COLAC’S cancer treatment centre has opened its doors and accepted its first lot of patients, relieving the district’s cancer patients of a 150-kilometre trip.

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  • PARCHED: Lake Colac days from drying up

    LAKE COLAC is days away from completely drying up for the second time since European settlement in Colac 179 years ago.

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  • SLIME POWER: Snail treatments in Otway salons

    The anti-ageing properties of the Otways black snail will spark a multi-million-dollar beauty industry in the Otways.

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